3.02.2011

You can see where my head is. I have been making these little shoots and roots drawings/paintings for days now. Funny how I think of everything that isn't a big painting as a drawing. Even if it's in watercolor as these are. What defines a drawing anyway? It has some quality of possibility that is very specific to me. I like to work in sketchbooks so much because I don't get too tight that way, so I've been practicing on sheets of paper instead of in sketchbooks with these. Yesterday I made one on good arches watercolor paper and "choked" a little. Wonder what that is?

7 comments:

Ha! I have the same thought. I just went out today to buy some slightly bigger sketchbooks to allow myself to make some bigger drawings without freaking out about working on fancy paper. We think alike!

i love the top one especially.I find the good thing about working on heavy weight rag papers is that if I do make a mistake then I can somehow rework it into something else. I feel the same way about good canvas or linen.

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